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10 Ventes and have more lift then your vented light in lower wind. No clue why

Same reason as slotted flaps on aircraft wings?

Willi kochs woven design kites have 1/3rd more lift......that is due to the holes in the skin create more 'working' surface area....sort of the same thing where dimples on a golf ball increase distance...

Willi kochs woven design kites have 1/3rd more lift......that is due to the holes in the skin create more 'working' surface area....sort of the same thing where dimples on a golf ball increase distance...

... not wanting to hijack the thread too much, but the dimples on a golf ball increase lift because they optimize the pressure difference between lower and upper surfaces as golf ball spins backwards - something that shouldn't be happening with a kite.

Yes, the dimples increase distance too, but this is more to do with the reduction in drag due to the creation of a turbulent boundary layer. This allows the smoothly flowing air to follow the ball's surface a little farther around the back side of the ball, decreasing the size of the wake, thus reducing friction drag. Would a similar reduction in friction drag improve a kite, or introduce another set of problems? Not sure - something to ask Peter Lynn.

as golf ball spins backwards - something that shouldn't be happening with a kite.

Lemme tell you about this new trick I've been working on....

So venting a kite's sail improves both its low wind range and high wind range. More vents increases both of these effects. Hmmm..... by logical extension and I use the term quite wrongly in order to get the maximum wind range for a kite there should be more and more vents until there is no sail left and just a frame and bridle.

Thank you my friend, I also have the White one to go with this black one, as soon as I have th pictures I will post it for you to see Very classic look and beautiful. Now I do have few nice looking kite for myself

as golf ball spins backwards - something that shouldn't be happening with a kite.

Lemme tell you about this new trick I've been working on....

So venting a kite's sail improves both its low wind range and high wind range. More vents increases both of these effects. Hmmm..... by logical extension and I use the term quite wrongly in order to get the maximum wind range for a kite there should be more and more vents until there is no sail left and just a frame and bridle.

I can find no flaw in this logic.

Mike,

Sound reasoning!

Just like if I ride my motorbike through an intersection at 30 kph I take, say, 2 seconds to get through. But if I travel at 60 kph, I get through the intersection in 1 second. And if I travel at 120 kph, I get through the intersection in half a second.

So, the faster I travel the less time there is for me to get hit by a car going through the intersection other way. Hmmm..... by logical extension, the faster I travel through an intersection, the safer I become. So I should try pegging it whenever I come to an intersection

Hmmm..... by logical extension, the faster I travel through an intersection, the safer I become. So I should try pegging it whenever I come to an intersection

There is a theory of risk assessment called Time Exposed to Danger (TED). Hammering it over a busy crossroads is a good example of that. However, your average lawman may not be familiar with this concept and many are reluctant to hear a reasoned argument on the subject.

Really ? If I double my speed, I travel twice as far in the same time. If I halve my speed, I travel half as far. Choose your multiples the relationship still stands. That's a linear relationship that can be extended infinitely, both logically and naturally.

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